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- Different varieties of the pillar bulb
- Pillar bulbs as "real" pillared fruit
- The pillar bulb 'Decora'
- The pillar bulb 'Conference'
- Tips
Pillar bulbs differed not only in their fruits
Different varieties of the pillar bulb
A pillar bulb can produce a remarkable yield of juicy sweet pears in the garden or as a container culture on the balcony or the terrace even on a limited area. Nowadays you can choose from a variety of pear varieties in the specialist trade, whose columnar growth is already genetically determined and can be forced through regular cuts if necessary.
Pillar bulbs as "real" pillared fruit
In contrast to pillar cherries or column peaches, column bulbs can actually be brought up very slenderly, and it is also possible for fruit to form directly on the stem of the pillar bulbs. Bulbs tend to be about 250 cm tall unless consciously raised to a lower tree height. A width of about 30 to 40 cm makes sense, on the one hand to use the visual protection function of the column fruit and on the other hand, to enable a higher yield by branching off the trunk fruit wood. The most popular varieties of the pillar bulb are:
Some of these varieties do not grow by themselves strictly in columnar form. But they are all with relatively little care to raise pillars fruit.
The pillar bulb 'Decora'
The pillar bulb 'Decora' is a type of pear that is also preferred in the agricultural cultivation of pears. This variety produces fruits with a particularly sweet taste and soft flesh. The fruits of the cultivar 'Decora', which mature from the end of September to the beginning of August, can easily be stored until about mid-December. Due to the taut upright growth, this column pear is also well suited for cultivation in a pot on a sunny or partially shaded balcony. However, since this is a deep root, the respective planter must not be too small or low.
The pillar bulb 'Conference'
The 'Conference' variety serves as a special type of fruit grower for the cultivation of pears and has a special purpose: because pear bulbs require pollination by pollen from other pear trees nearby, you can use this pear variety as a good pollinator. In addition, this pear variety also has long storable fruits with very juicy ur of the pulp to offer.
Tips
If lateral fruit shoots are cut back in June to a length of about 2 to 3 buds, they develop into fruit wood in the same year.